To be an Olympic-level entrepreneur, you need to remember that there is a right time for training, parading, competing, and reveling.

Olympic athletes know that it’s not all about training. It’s not all about competing. Those are key, of course. But there are specific times to do specific things. They train hard – very hard – to get to the Olympics. Once there, they pause to participate in the opening ceremonies. And then, it’s time to act. They compete at their event and give everything they have. And if they win? They revel in the glory of the moment. Each of those activities is acceptable at the right time and in the right proportion. Doing the wrong thing at the wrong time can be embarrassing, ineffective, and unsportsman-like.

Olympic-level entrepreneurs have a similar responsibility to do the right things at the right time and in the right proportion. There’s no use in parading well before you do any training. And you should revel in your own success – if just for a moment – because you’ve earned it. And somewhere in there is your Olympic effort to make the whole thing worthwhile.

And you may also observe that there is a close connection between athletic training, parading, competing, and reveling, and entrepreneurial training parading (promoting), competing, and reveling.